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In the spring, crape myrtles add color with flowers. In the fall, they add color with brightly colored leaves. CAES News
Winter is the best time to prune summer-flowering shrubs 01/19/17 Sharon Dowdy, Merritt Melancon
The calendar says January, but the weather for the last few weeks has been screaming March. The unseasonable warmth means a lot of folks are getting in their yards, looking for something to keep them outdoors a little longer. It’s the perfect time to prune summer-blooming shrubs and trees like crape myrtles and tea olives.
The golden-colored 'Caramel' and rust-colored 'Lava Lamp' are two hybrids of Heuchera villosa growing in the University of Georgia's Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens in Savannah. CAES News
Heuchera are native to the U.S. and an award-winning perennial plant 01/12/17 Norman Winter
Coral bells deserve a place in the sun, partial shade or shade. Plant them along woodland trails, in front of shrubs or partner them with wood fern or autumn fern or even hostas. Gardeners in the South must try them as a sunny, cool-season component plant.
Blackberries grow in the University of Georgia Research and Education Garden in Griffin, Georgia. CAES News
Plant berries now to create your own backyard blackberry patch 01/11/17 Michael J. Wheeler
At one time, an almost unlimited number of wild blackberries and dewberries – the blackberry’s trailing cousin – grew along fencerows and in abandoned fields. Many of these sites have been destroyed or now have “No Trespassing” signs posted on them, but each spring I still see couples on roadsides picking berries.
Deer are beautiful creatures, but seeing them dining on your landscape plants quickly makes their beauty fade. CAES News
Deer are beautiful, but not when they dine on your landscape plants 01/09/17 Timothy Daly
As counties across Georgia continue to develop, wildlife habitats are disturbed and destroyed. This drives deer, and other wildlife, into home landscapes, where they feast on plants. Deterring them can be a challenge.
Lamiums reach a height of 8 to 12 inches with a spread of 24 inches, making them a perfect spiller plant in mixed containers. CAES News
Use deadnettle to liven up cool spring containers 01/04/17 Norman Winter
January is typically a self-induced holding pattern when it comes to gardening. But if you find that you failed to get cool-season containers planted, then take advantage of fresh shipments of pansies, violas, petunias, dianthus and all the other component plants, like lamiums, as they arrive at your garden center.
Bright Lights Swiss chard is like a beet without a bottom. CAES News
Swiss chard: highly ornamental and wonderfully edible 12/29/16 Norman Winter
There's a lot to love about Swiss chard. It is highly ornamental and wonderfully edible.